diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0ac66776f..75e2d6e73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
           ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\hello_world_many.c3
           ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\fannkuch-redux.c3
           ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\contextfree\boolerr.c3
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\load_world.c3
+          
 
       - name: Build testproject
         run: |
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/hello_world_many.c3
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/fannkuch-redux.c3
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/contextfree/boolerr.c3
+          ../build/c3c compile-run examples/load_world.c3
 
       - name: Build testproject
         run: |
@@ -154,6 +157,7 @@ jobs:
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/hello_world_many.c3
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/fannkuch-redux.c3
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/contextfree/boolerr.c3
+          ../build/c3c compile-run examples/load_world.c3
 
       - name: Build testproject
         run: |
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ jobs:
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/hello_world_many.c3
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/fannkuch-redux.c3
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/contextfree/boolerr.c3
+          ../build/c3c compile-run examples/load_world.c3
 
       - name: Compile run unit tests
         run: |
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ jobs:
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/hello_world_many.c3
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/fannkuch-redux.c3
           ../build/c3c compile-run examples/contextfree/boolerr.c3
+          ../build/c3c compile-run examples/load_world.c3
 
       - name: Compile run unit tests
         run: |
diff --git a/lib/std/core/env.c3 b/lib/std/core/env.c3
index ae3a3e927..bf86e3545 100644
--- a/lib/std/core/env.c3
+++ b/lib/std/core/env.c3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license
 // a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE_STDLIB file.
 module std::core::env;
-
+import libc;
 enum CompilerOptLevel
 {
     O0,
@@ -152,3 +152,56 @@ macro bool os_is_posix()
 	$endswitch;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * @param [&in] name
+ * @require name.len > 0
+ **/
+fn String! get_var(String name)
+{
+$if (COMPILER_LIBC_AVAILABLE && OS_TYPE != OsType.WIN32):
+	@pool()
+	{
+		ZString val = libc::getenv(name.zstrtcopy());
+		return val ? val.as_str() : SearchResult.MISSING!;
+	};
+$else:
+	return "";
+$endif;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param [&in] name
+ * @param [&in] value
+ * @require name.len > 0
+ **/
+fn void set_var(String name, String value, bool overwrite = true)
+{
+$if (COMPILER_LIBC_AVAILABLE && OS_TYPE != OsType.WIN32):
+	@pool()
+	{
+		if (libc::setenv(name.zstrtcopy(), value.zstrcopy(), (int)overwrite))
+		{
+			unreachable();
+		}
+	};
+$endif;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param [&in] name
+ * @require name.len > 0
+ **/
+fn void clear_var(String name)
+{
+$if (COMPILER_LIBC_AVAILABLE && OS_TYPE != OsType.WIN32):
+	@pool()
+	{
+		if (libc::unsetenv(name.zstrtcopy()))
+		{
+			unreachable();
+		}
+	};
+$endif;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/std/core/str.c3 b/lib/std/core/str.c3
index 18b59b6ef..8582d9f6b 100644
--- a/lib/std/core/str.c3
+++ b/lib/std/core/str.c3
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ fn String ZString.as_str(ZString str)
 	return ((char*)str)[:str.len()];
 }
 
-fn usz ZString.len(ZString str)
+fn usz ZString.char_len(ZString str)
 {
 	usz len = 0;
 	char* ptr = (char*)str;
@@ -387,3 +387,11 @@ fn usz ZString.len(ZString str)
 	return len;
 }
 
+fn usz ZString.len(ZString str)
+{
+	usz len = 0;
+    char* ptr = (char*)str;
+    while (char c = ptr++[0]) len++;
+    return len;
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/std/io/io_file.c3 b/lib/std/io/io_file.c3
index 4fcafb4b4..d50fc62f1 100644
--- a/lib/std/io/io_file.c3
+++ b/lib/std/io/io_file.c3
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 module std::io;
 import libc;
 
+
+$if (env::OS_TYPE == OsType.WIN32):
+extern fn void* _wfopen(Char16*, Char16*) @local;
+$endif;
+
 fn void! File.open(File* file, String filename, String mode)
 {
 	@pool()
 	{
+$if (env::OS_TYPE == OsType.WIN32):
+		file.file = (CFile)_wfopen(
+			str::utf8to16(filename, mem::temp_allocator())!!,
+			str::utf8to16(mode, mem::temp_allocator())!!);
+$else:
 		file.file = libc::fopen(filename.zstrtcopy(), mode.zstrtcopy());
+$endif;
         if (!file.file) return IoError.FILE_NOT_FOUND!;
 	};
 }
diff --git a/lib/std/libc/libc.c3 b/lib/std/libc/libc.c3
index c64a1a728..193662d74 100644
--- a/lib/std/libc/libc.c3
+++ b/lib/std/libc/libc.c3
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ extern fn CULong stroul(char* str, char** endptr, int base);
 extern fn void abort();
 extern fn void atexit(TerminateFunction f);
 extern fn void exit(int status);
-extern fn ZString getenv(char* name);
+extern fn ZString getenv(ZString name);
+extern fn int setenv(ZString name, ZString value, int overwrite);
+extern fn int unsetenv(ZString name);
 extern fn int system(char* str);
 extern fn void bsearch(void* key, void *base, usz items, usz size, CompareFunction compare);
 extern fn void qsort(void* base, usz items, usz size, CompareFunction compare);
diff --git a/resources/examples/hello_world.txt b/resources/examples/hello_world.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d18937ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/examples/hello_world.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Hello, world!
+¡Hola Mundo!
+Γειά σου Κόσμε!
+Привет, мир!
+こんにちは世界！
+你好世界！
+नमस्ते दुनिया!
+👋🌎!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/examples/load_world.c3 b/resources/examples/load_world.c3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1768a3615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/examples/load_world.c3
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module load_world;
+import std::io;
+fn void! main()
+{
+	File f;
+	f.open("examples/hello_world.txt", "rb")?;
+	defer f.close()!!;
+	while (!f.eof())
+	{
+		@pool() { io::printn(f.tgetline()); };
+	}
+}
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